You may choose to preserve food at home to save money, to have greater control over what you consume, or for the simple satisfaction of doing it yourself. Regardless of the reasons, it is important to do it safely. Using the proper equipment and following recommended guidelines and recipes can ensure that the food you preserve at home is safe and delicious.

Ensuring optimal viewing of ePubs on your device

iPhone and iPad users: Be sure to turn off full justification and auto-hyphenation. Visit the Settings app on your device and select iBooks in the left rail to change the default selections.

Kindle and Nook users: While reading your ePub, you can adjust your margins and font size to change how the text flows by selecting the “Aa” button (Kindle) or “text” (Nook) to access settings.

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Virginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.